Chords for Boys of the Old Brigade

_ _ _ Father why are you so sad _ on this bright Easter _ _ morn? _ _
_ Irishmen are proud and glad of the land that they were born.
_ _ _ O son I see the memories [F] few have found of this land [F] lace
_ _ [Bb]
Being just a lad like you I join the IRA
_ _ [F] Where our lads stood with me [Bb] when their story was made _ _ _
_ I long to see the boys of the old year _ _ _
_ _ Of hills and pines proud to act Was heard by one and all
_ _ From the Glencairn brilliant men The answer our [Bb] land sought [F] was long ago
We faced that foe the old brigade condemned me
_ [Bb] By my side he forearmed us That our land [F] might be free
_ [F] Where our lads stood with [Bb] me when their story [F] was made
_ _ _ Proudly I long to see the boys of the old [Bb] year
And _ _ _ now my boy I call you out on this Easter [F] morn I say
[Bb] I recall my comrades off for dark old days on by
[F] I thought of them who fought in the glen with rifle and grenade _
[Bb] They ever keep [Gm] the manhood [Bb] from the ranks of the old brigade _
[F] Where our lads just stood with [Bb] me when _ history [F] was made _
_ _ Proudly I long to see [Bb] the boys of the old year _
[F] Where our lads just stood with [Bb] me when history [F] was made _
_ _ Proudly I long to see [Bb] the boys of the old year _ _
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